Virtual Instrument Systems in Reality (VISIR) in Latin America from a bibliometric perspective: looking back to plan ahead

This chapter summarizes key themes and presents some final thoughts. Looking back at how Baja California was transformed from a backwater to one of the most productive regions in northern Mexico, one could easily conclude that foreign investment was a catalyst for Baja California's dramatic economic success. But this is only part of the story. This book demonstrates that intermarriage, land reform, and migration were vital to the development of the Baja California peninsula and the Mexican borderlands. Without Asian, mestizo, and indigenous workers, it would have been impossible for the Compagnie du Boleo and the the Colorado River Land Company to become some of the most productive enterprises in Latin America. In the post NAFTA era, Baja California continues to be a strategic place for commerce and migration. The boom of maquilas (assembly plants) and agribusinesses persist in attracting migrant workers from different parts of Mexico.

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Promoting Safer Foods in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Quarterly of Community Health Education ◽

10.2190/xxad-fu5t-a19a-ddq3 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 375-382

Author(s):

Marilyn Rice ◽

Fernando Quevedo

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Latin America ◽

Media Communication ◽

Current Trends ◽

Health Promotion And Education ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Public Health Promotion ◽

Looking Back

This article describes the current trends in public health promotion and education in Latin America and the Caribbean. It gives examples of approaches that work and highlights some of the difficulties of concentrating strictly on the use of mass media communication. Various programs and projects for promoting the safe handling of foods are cited from specific countries and subregions in the Americas. Looking back on what has worked and what has failed, the authors recognize that some advancements have been achieved in improving the public's handling and protection of food, particularly in the tourism sector, and yet many challenges lie ahead for improving upon what has already been done.

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Revisiting the Manila Galleon, a Chilean Perspective from the XXI Century

Latin American Journal of Trade Policy ◽

10.5354/0719-9368.2019.53165 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Juan Pablo Glasinovic Vernon

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Industrial Production ◽

Current Status ◽

Global Trade ◽

American Continent ◽

Xix Century ◽

The Relationship ◽

Looking Back

The Manila Galleon marked the beginning of globalization as we know it today, linking Asia with the Americas and Europe through trade, from the second half of the XVI century until the first decades of the XIX century. Only a few decades after its discovery and conquest by Spain, the American continent burst onto the global scene allowing quasi industrial production in China and global trade, based on the silver pattern. A combination of circumstances made possible this first wave of globalization, ignited by the Americas. Looking back at that experience, we can better understand the current status of world affairs and extract some important lessons for Latin America in order to recover prominence in the relationship with Asia.

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Looking Forward, Looking Back: Latin America and the Caribbean

Church History ◽

10.1017/s0009640720000669 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 89 (2) ◽

pp. 413-413

Author(s):

Jon Sensbach

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Looking Back ◽

Forward Looking

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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